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Well, with the Grapefruit and Cactus leagues well underway, I guess it's time to abandon the old thread and start up a new one for 2005!

I've been watching a few games on ESPN and listening to the Twins on the AM radio when I get a chance, really starting to get into Baseball again. I've got my tickets for the Dome Opener, should be another great year for the Twins - Santana and BRadke at the top of the rotation and a re-stocked infield. Ready to go for that 4th-in-a-row AL Central title!

Geez, I see that Wood and Prior could not even last a full week in ST. These 2 must have the worst offseason conditioning programs. Seriously. They pitch just a little bit ST and "Ouch! I'm hurt!" Kind of starting to wonder if these two are just wusses.

Well supposedly both are going to make it back in time for the first week of the season. If you believe the Cubs organization PR that is. As a Cub fan the hope of the season basically rests upon how well those 2 peform. So, I'm kind of touchy about it. I'm kind of not happy about the offseason anyway. Anyway, blah, blah, blah.

Since we are seriously thinking about moving to the Phoenix area this year (if we find decent jobs) I'm going to have to get into the Diamondbacks this season. They seemed to have gotten better players in the offseason. Hope they won't be drowning in the basement at least.

"My name is Barry Bonds, and I'm a big whiny baby! I blame everybody else for my problems!" Go ahead, Barry, retire. Don't let the door hit your fat, steroid injected butt on the way out. The game will be better off without you.

So the Angels let their all-star stud third baseman Troy Glaus go during the offseason, 'cause they had this hot (and very cheap) rookie stud ready to take his place - Dallas McPherson.

So what happened today? McPherson got sent down to the minors.

And watch Glaus lead the NL in dingers this year too.

Dammit.

Dodger bats have been looking like absolute **** during the pre-season too. Not sure if any of our guys even hit more than a couple bucks the last few weeks. Fortunately, our pitching should still be pretty solid, as usual, so we'll see how far that can take us without the sticks...

I've watched a few Spring games and I think that we are close enough to the start of the season for me to climb out on the proverbial limb...

Jeff's Picks for 2005:

AL East - BostonAL Central - MinnesotaAL West - California (I refuse to call them LA or even Anaheim )Wild Card - New York

I think the Red Sox win last year will go a long way to boosting their confidence against the pinstripes allowing them to take their first AL East title in a while, but the Yanks will still skirt into the playoffs with the WC. My Twins will take the Central easy after a pre-All Star Break scare (like they do every year), but this time it'll be the Tigers - not Chicago or Cleveland who hang around. Seattle could give California a run for their money, but the Angel's pitching will put them over the top.

Atlanta holds off the Fish, thanks to Smoltz renewed place in the rotation. Prior and Wood break down allowing the Red Birds to get past the lovable losers. And upstarts San Diego use their youth to slip past the aging Bond-less Giants and the self-destructive, imploding Dodgers.

ALCS - Boston vs. MinnesotaNLCS - Atlanta vs. St. Louis

World Series - Minnesota over Atlanta (in 6 games)

Yeah, I know it's a total Homer pick, but I gotta show my true colros...